Danko Popović
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Danko Popović was a Serbian writer. He graduated from the University of Belgrade
's Law School
, where he spent the biggest part of life and where he started his literary work. Danko, however, also returned regularly to his home town and property under the Bukulja
. He was the author of several novels, radio dramas, screenplays and essays.
(A Book about Milutin, 1985), which was translated into French, is a peasant's grim and foreboding account of Serbia during 20th century.
"The novel "Knijiga o Milutinu"... ... published in 1985... ...related the life story of a Serbian peasant who, having lived through the experience of World War and the foundation of the Yugoslav state... ...is in prison, having failed to satisfy the economic demands of the new Communist rulers."
"I pretty much tend towards a thesis, supported in particular by our writer Danko Popović, that the Serbian people has not, in fact, recovered ... biologically ... from its losses in wars. Terrible losses in the First World War and in the Balkan War..."
University of Belgrade
The University of Belgrade is the oldest and largest university of Serbia.Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-based departments into a single university...
's Law School
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
The University of Belgrade Faculty of Law , also known as the Belgrade Law School, is one of the first-tier educational institutions of the University of Belgrade, Serbia...
, where he spent the biggest part of life and where he started his literary work. Danko, however, also returned regularly to his home town and property under the Bukulja
Bukulja
Bukulja is a mountain near Aranđelovac in central Serbia. This mountain is an extinct volcano, which has been proved by presence of granite rocks, which contains specific mineral composition. In the mountain foothills, there is water catchment Garaši, which provides Aranđelovac and nearby...
. He was the author of several novels, radio dramas, screenplays and essays.
Writing style
Danko often wrote in a very tough, sincere manner and would sometimes focus on Serbian peasants and farmers and their suffering and historical value as his subject matter. One of his most famous novels, Knjiga o MilutinuKnjiga o Milutinu
Book about Milutin is a novel by the Serbian writer Danko Popović. Novel is about Milutin, serbian peasant and former soldier who tells his story from jail after World War II. He talks to imaginary listener about tragic fate of Serbian people, his family and Šumadija. Published in 1985...
(A Book about Milutin, 1985), which was translated into French, is a peasant's grim and foreboding account of Serbia during 20th century.
"The novel "Knijiga o Milutinu"... ... published in 1985... ...related the life story of a Serbian peasant who, having lived through the experience of World War and the foundation of the Yugoslav state... ...is in prison, having failed to satisfy the economic demands of the new Communist rulers."
"I pretty much tend towards a thesis, supported in particular by our writer Danko Popović, that the Serbian people has not, in fact, recovered ... biologically ... from its losses in wars. Terrible losses in the First World War and in the Balkan War..."
Novels
- Čarapići, 1969. Čarapić, 1969.
- Oficiri, 1979. Officers, 1979.
- Kuća Lukića, 1980. Lukic House, 1980.
- Gospodari, 1985. Masters, 1985.
- Knjiga o MilutinuKnjiga o MilutinuBook about Milutin is a novel by the Serbian writer Danko Popović. Novel is about Milutin, serbian peasant and former soldier who tells his story from jail after World War II. He talks to imaginary listener about tragic fate of Serbian people, his family and Šumadija. Published in 1985...
, 1985. A Book about Milutin, 1985. - Udovice Widows
- Svinjski ujed Pork stin
- Konak u Kragujevcu Konak in Kragujevac